Monday, May 31, 2010

Last Friday we came in and found that our computer system was being quite naughty. We have laptops and desk computers, printers, and even a server, but without this little, itty, bitty box, none of it works.

When the lights are all on, this little machine makes everything work beautiful. When the lights are out? Nothing. Nada. Friday morning … Nothing. Nada. No lights.

A quick phone call to our computer tech guy confirmed it. Mr. Linksys had passed on. “No problem, we have another one at the office.” By the time he stopped at a few other locations, got to the office and returned back to ours, it was past 5.

Saturday morning all seemed to be working well, until our internet service provider called and said something was amiss with our IP address. Apparently our address was crossed with another company causing their service to go out. So until we could get our computer tech guy back out to fix our address, they were shutting off our little black box.

So Mr. Techie should be back sometime today to hopefully get it all fixed (I’m “borrowing” an internet connection to post this.)

In the meantime, Bingo needs to take a holiday as I have no way to get to all of our files to pick the words or the winners (all that information is sitting on the server.)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

You’ll have to forgive me. I’m a bit confused. If I remember correctly the saying says something like, “April showers bring May flowers” … Hmmm … something is amiss. It rained yesterday. It’s supposed to rain today … and tomorrow … and the next day. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the calendar says we’re nearing the end of May … Memorial Day weekend … unofficial beginning of summer? And last time I checked, I think I lived in sunny northern California … Central Valley to be exact. Go figure.

Well, I’m happy to report that we don’t have any “rain” on our Bingo game … at least not today!

As a matter of fact, we’re having a party … a Birthday Party of sorts.

As many of you know, here at The Quilt Shoppe, we’re a mom/daughter team … me (Lani) and Amanda! Tomorrow is is Amanda’s birthday and she wants to share it with you. And, of course, we women never ever just take one day to celebrate, we make it a week long event. So we’re starting our little party today and it will go all the way through Sunday. Now usually the birthday girl gets the gifts, but not this time. On top of all the great fun we’re having here with our Bingo game, we’re sharing with you an additional 10% off all our regular priced products. That means all yardage is only $7.19 per yard! PLUS … every order $50 or more will receive a free fat quarter!

You’ll need to use the coupon code BIRTHDAY at checkout. And remember, it applies to the original price of merchandise.

I thought it would be neat if each day we “featured” a few of our players blogs. This is perhaps my favorite part of our Bingo game … getting to know each of you through your blogs. Take a couple of minutes today and stop by these blogs. Don’t forget to leave a comment and let them know that you are a fellow Bingo player!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Good morning! I have an adorable springtime bowl filled with little pieces of paper all ready to pick! I think they think they’re jelly beans jumping up and down screaming “pick me, pick me!” Let’s see which colorful bean gets to escape first …

allergies

festival

plant

thunderstorm

sparrow

hop

May

day one giveaway

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway. Winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Three lucky players will each win one Fairy Frost Charm Pack from Michael Miller Fabrics. (50 charms in each pack)

NOTE: Even though our RSS & email feeds are set to post about an hour after we post live, it doesn’t always happen that way (many times they aren’t received until the next day). Your best bet to make sure you get in each day’s giveaway is to check the blog directly.

Monday, May 17, 2010

1. Choose 25 words from the list below. Write them down to save for yourself AND email your list to our special bingo email SpringFeverBingo@TheQuiltShoppe.net. Include your name, mailing address and blog username (this is VERY important) in your email. NOTE: You do NOT have to have a blog to participate, but please make sure when you post comments on our blogpost, you provide your name and email addy so we can contact you. Also, it matters not where you live, you can play our bingo game!

2. All list submissions must be received by MIDNIGHT (PST) Sunday, May 23.

3. Beginning Monday, May 24, we will post 7 words each day (Monday-Friday … not weekends). Words will be posted at 7 am PST until someone reaches BINGO!

4. Participants will need to check our blog each and every day to find out what words were called and cross them off your list. Please note … if you subscribe to our blog updates via RSS Feed, you may not receive the update on the date it was posted. to get the words right when they are posted, check the blog directly.

5. As soon as you have crossed off all 25 words, please leave a comment posting “BINGO!” We will check your list against the words that have been pulled to make sure it is a good BINGO and will announce the winner in an official congratulatory blogpost. Even if someone has called “Bingo”, please continue to post “Bingo” until a winner is announced.

6. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND BLOG FOLLOWERS TO JOIN US! Spread the word … blog about it … email your friends … tell all of your quilting buddies to come and join the fun! You can use the blog avatar (below) to add to your blogs and may copy the large graphic above to tell others about our game. don’t forget to link back to this blogpost.

6. The purpose of this game is to provide fun and entertainment for our customers and friends. There is no obligation to purchase or participate.

prizes:

The BINGO winner will receive a huge assortment of quilting items as shown below. Highlights of this wonderful prize package include a complete fat quarter bundle of Make Life by Sweetwater, a fat quarter bundle of Maisy from Andover, a brand new Advent Kit from Moda’s 2010 Holiday Bake Shop, two pattern books, several patterns, thread, trim and a French General Scissor Roll.

beginning Tuesday, May 25 and each day following we’ll have a daily giveaway prize. To enter for the daily prize, simply leave a comment on the previous day’s blogpost about how you’re doing with the game; for example, “I got three words today!” Or, “I love drinking “pink lemonade” on the “porch" (making up a sentence with the words you got for that day). As time progresses you may just want to post “I only need three words!” Have fun with it!

Only one (1) prize will be awarded each day, and only one (1) grand prize will be awarded.

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Welcome to "In Stitches," the official blog of The Quilt Shoppe and the Holiday Cloth Shoppe. We are the premier online creative sewing resource for quilters and fabric crafters.We hope you will visit us often as we bring new ideas, tips, and products. We'll have a little fun, too, with games and contests. From time to time, we will invite fabric and pattern designers to be our guest bloggers. We hope you will come back and visit with us again soon!